Lung Ultrasound Articles
Here are some sites that explain lung sonography as applied to critical care patients: Clinical review: Bedside lung ultrasound in […]
All Updates, ICU, Ultrasound
All Updates, Kids
HFOV in preterms – no clear benefit
Pre-term infants lacking surfactant often require mechanical ventilation, but the consequent barotrauma and volutrauma may contribute to chronic lung disease, […]
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
Exsanguinating pelvis – occlude the aorta
Some patients with life-threatening arterial haemorrhage from a pelvic fracture may be peri-arrest prior to transfer to the angiography suite. […]
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
Tranexamic acid saves lives in trauma
A convincing, practice-changing trial is a rare thing in major trauma, but here comes a biggie: The CRASH-2 trial recruited […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Thoracic electrical bioimpedance in dyspnoea
Thoracic electrical bioimpedance (TEB) was used in ED patients presenting with dyspnoea to differentiate between cardiac and non-cardiac causes. The […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Traumatic Aortic Injury
Two recent papers expand our knowledge of blunt traumatic aortic injury. UK crash data identified risk factors for low impact […]
All Updates, PHARM
Junior pre-hospital doctors spend a bit longer on scene
More junior pre-hospital doctors took longer on scene than their senior colleagues according to a German study, although patient clinical […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, Resus
Terlipressin for refractory cardiac arrest in kids
Okay so it’s a small case series – but the results warrant further investigation: 10-20 mcg/kg terlipressin was given to […]
All Updates, Kids, PHARM
Guideline improved pre-hospital RSI in kids
French physicians provide pre-hospital critical care in medical teams of regional SAMU (service d’aide me ́dicale urgente). A national guideline […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM
Paediatric Retrieval – what's the rush?
The Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS) in the UK performed 2106 interfacility transports between April 2006 and March 2008. The stabilisation […]